Ah, Thanksgiving — a time of happiness and warmth, when families come together to put aside their differences and celebrate the love that binds them with delicious food and thoughtful conversation. Kidding! The hallmark of a successful Thanksgiving for most people has traditionally been ignoring Aunt Martha’s obvious drinking problem…
No, Louis CK didn’t take down Donald Trump last night. CK’s bit endorsing Hillary Clinton on Conan went viral in the weeks leading up to last Tuesday’s election. The clip’s popularity had some fans wondering whether CK would add a political update to his set, which he’s been perfecting on the road for months.
It’s not always easy running a business with your twin sister. But Verónika and Valerie Pagán, the minds behind swimwear brand Verónika Pagán, have one simple rule for working together. “We were taught that we can be mad at each other for five minutes,” Valerie explains. “After that, we deal…
Ana Navarro won the hearts of thousands of Americans by saying “pussy” on television. In her most famous clip, the CNN commentator launched an exasperated verbal attack on Scottie Nell Hughes, a supporter of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, who tut-tutted Navarro for quoting Trump’s now-infamous “grab ’em by the pussy”…
Artists Rei Ramirez and Ivan Roque based their recent mural, “When Pigs Fly,” on a simple premise: If Donald Trump were to win the presidency, surely we’d all be seeing swine swooping through the air. But like pollsters, media pundits, and roughly half Americans, they were wrong.
Last night, in the midst of a liberal social media meltdown over Donald Trump’s increasing likelihood of winning the presidency, actor George Takei launched a rallying cry. “We must stand up defiantly to any dark or divisive acts, and look out for the most vulnerable among us. It is more important than ever.”
Maybe you’ve waited until the last second to vote. Maybe you were first in line when the polls opened. Either way, you probably don’t have an Election Day routine like Paco Palante in “Abuela Votes!” — a Miami-inspired PSA encouraging South Floridians of all ages to cast their ballots today.
Artemis Fowl II is a very bad boy. The 12-year-old is a crime prodigy who takes the skills he learned from his Irish mobster father and thwarts his opponents — who are fairies, by the way — through a quick wit and state-of-the-art tech. Fowl would fit in far better…
If you drive past the New Florida Majority building at 8330 Biscayne Blvd. tomorrow, expect to be greeted by an eerily familiar porcine face. Local artists Rei Rodriguez and Ivan Roque have covered one side of the building with a giant mural titled When Pigs Fly, depicting Donald Trump as…
With Halloween landing on a Monday this year, most spooky soirees are taking place over the weekend. But the party doesn’t stop just because the week is about to start. Get your tricks and treats at these Halloween events, all taking place Monday, October 31.
If any city deserves the Ryan Murphy treatment, it’s Miami. The screenwriter, director, and producer behind Glee and American Horror Story has a fetish for camp, crime, and color. So it’s no wonder that American Crime Story, the Murphy-led TV series that recounted the O.J. Simpson murder investigation and trial…
Miami does Halloween for adults so well that it’s easy to forget that the October 31 holiday is just for kids in most other parts of the country. It’s pretty great to live in a place that lets you live our your spooky shenanigans well into middle age, but it’s…
Art Basel Miami Beach and the slate of art fairs and events that make up Miami Art Week always bring celebrities to South Florida. Madonna’s already made her 2016 Art Basel plans public. According to an announcement from Art Miami LLC, she could be rubbing elbows with actor Adrian Brody…
So much for your weekend plans. Miami filmmaking collective Borscht Corp. has announced the dates of its next film festival — and it starts Wednesday. The “mini film fest,” as Borscht’s announcement describes it, runs through Saturday with a series of screenings and afterparties by some of Miami’s best-known filmmakers:…
“South Florida wants to survive #HurricaneMatthew. But we’d rather die than eat clam chowder.” If you were on social media during the lead-up to Hurricane Matthew, you probably read those words more than once. Accompanied by a photo of a grocery aisle bereft of anything but cans of Progresso’s New…
As Hurricane Matthew makes its way north, Miami’s living in a state of limbo: Will schools be cancelled? Will you have to go to work on Thursday? Should we all just pack ourselves into our cars and start driving to Georgia? The same goes for most events scheduled for later…
You can feel the Bern at the Miami Book Fair this year. Senator Bernie Sanders will take the microphone at a special book fair event in his honor the evening of Nov. 19. He’ll be promoting his book, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, in which he “shares his…
Just when it didn’t seem possible to squeeze one more thing into your packed III Points itinerary, the festival has announced its latest addition: “Surface Imagery,” an exhibition of video-based artwork by some of Miami’s best-known artists. Presented in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art, the show will feature…
Brace yourselves, Miami. The butts are coming. You might have seen them the first time they invaded Miami. Like a colorful, moderately obscene plague, wax and plaster butt sculptures appeared in locations across Miami this summer. The butts showed up at the beach. They perched atop playground equipment in parks…
Ever since III Points announced its musical lineup in May, fans of the annual festival have been counting down the days to October. But there’s more to III Points than music. The fest just announced its schedule of “activations,” AKA the daytime events designed to engage participants in unique cultural and/or…
Alfred Browning Parker was one of the most popular and most prolific architects in South Florida. During his 60-year career, launched in the 1940s and lasting until his death in 2011, Parker designed more than 500 structures, won awards and accolades from critics nationwide, and earned the respect of colleagues…
The statue depicting Donald Trump in the nude that appeared atop a Wynwood billboard last week has been stolen. According to Moishe Mana, the developer who collaborated with anarchist collective INDECLINE to bring the statue to Wynwood, the statue was stolen Thursday morning at 3 a.m. “We did have a…
